From the ArcaMax Publishing, History & Quotes Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/quotes/s-343595-898335
In 1918, the first regular U.S. air mail service was established
between Washington and New York City.
In 1930, Ellen Church became the first airline stewardess, flying on a
United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Cheyenne, Wyo.
In 1940, nylon stockings went on sale in U.S. stores for the first
time.
In 1941, the jet-propelled Gloster-Whittle E 28/39 aircraft flew over
Cranwell, England, in the first successful test of an Allied aircraft
using jet propulsion.
In 1962, Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper was launched into space atop
an Atlas rocket and completed 22 orbits.
In 1969, Justice Abe Fortas, under fire for a money deal with jailed
financier Louis Wolfson, resigned from the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 1972, Alabama Gov. George Wallace was shot and seriously wounded at
a presidential campaign rally in Laurel, Md. Partially paralyzed but
still a Southern political power for years, he died in 1998.
In 1988, Soviet forces began their withdrawal from Afghanistan in
compliance with the Geneva accords.
In 1990, at an auction, Japanese millionaire Ryoei Saito bid a record
$82.5 million for Van Gogh's 1890 "Portrait of Dr. Gachet." Two days
later, he spent $78.1 million for Renoir's 1876 "Au Moulin De La
Galette," also a record.
In 1991, Edith Cresson, a Socialist and former trade minister, became
the first woman prime minister of France.
In 1992, the United States warned Saddam Hussein that allied military
forces may "respond" if his troops attempted to repress Kurdish
elections in northern Iraq.
In 2002, the White House said that President George W. Bush had
received a CIA briefing in August 2001, the month before the terrorist
attack on New York and Washington, warning that Osama bin Laden
planned to hijack airplanes but nothing was said about possibly
crashing them into buildings.
In 2003, authorities arrested several people who allegedly had planned
attacks on the U.S. Embassy and other targets in Lebanon.
Also in 2003, New York scientists uncovered a natural cancer-fighting
mechanism that could help make tumors more vulnerable to radiation
therapy.
In 2004, the U.S. State Department warned that tensions in Iraq had
increased the potential threat to U.S. citizens and interests abroad.
In 2005, Uzbek security forces were reported to have sealed off the
center of Andijan where as many as 450 people may have been killed
during anti-government protests.
In 2006, the U.S. State Department said it would restore diplomatic
relations with Libya for the first time since 1980 and remove the
country from its terrorism sponsors list.
In 2007, U.S. President George Bush appointed U.S. Army Lt. Gen.
Douglas Lute to become America's first so-called "war czar," to
coordinate operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Also in 2007, a national survey said Miami was the worst city in the
United States for road rage. Portland, Ore., drew the most-courteous
tag.